Spiroplasma ixodetis Infections in Immunocompetent and Immunosuppressed Patients after Tick Exposure, Sweden

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Eimer, Johannes ; Fernström, Louise ; Rohlén, Louise ; Grankvist, Anna ; Loo, Kristoffer ; Nyman, Erik ; Henningsson, Anna J. ; Haglund, Mats ; Hultqvist, Viktor ; Sjöwall, Johanna ; Wennerås, Christine ; Schön, Thomas
• Description:
  We report 2 cases of Spiroplasma ixodetis infection in an immunocompetent patient and an immunocompromised patient who had frequent tick exposure. Fever, thrombocytopenia, and increased liver aminotransferase levels raised the suspicion of anaplasmosis, but 16S rRNA PCR and Sanger sequencing yielded a diagnosis of spiroplasmosis. Both patients recovered after doxycycline treatment.
• Subjects:
  Anaplasmosis Animals Humans Immunocompromised Host Rna, Ribosomal, 16S Spiroplasma Tick Bites Ticks
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(8):1681-1685
• Pubmed ID:
  35876734
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9328919
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Sweden
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:319e35d0fbec8cf1adaa4a7a35a7621d5e590e9fcda723535c055e985abaf57f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/120183/cdc_120183_DS1.pdf
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